Water-wheel.



G. VERDE.

WATER WHEEL.

APPLIOATIO}? FILED MAY 18, 1910.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

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GIULIA-NO VERDE, OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

WATER-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

Application filed May 18, 1910. Serial N 0. 561,963.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GIULIANO VERDE, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Beaumont, in the county ofJefferson and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedWater-Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to hydraulic motors of the bucket wheel type, andhas for an object to provide a waterwheel adapted for use in drivingmachinery such as pumps and the like.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a series of connected bucket-smounted to turn on an axle, and means for alternately charging thebuckets with water.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in both views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation, partially in section, and disclosing the construction andoperation of my invention and showing the same connected with a pump;and Fig. 2 is a plan view of my water wheel. 2

Referring to the figures, I employ a circular series of connectedbuckets 1, mounted to mutually support each other and turn on an axle 2.The buckets are preferably angular shape and in two rows, with theopenings 3 of each bucket 1 in alinement with the middle or center planeof the adjacent bucket. Thus, referring to Fig. 2, the opening of abucket will be adjacent the center plane of the adjacent bucket theopenings of the two series thus alternating in radial planes.

As before stated, the buckets are preferably of angular form, havingradial front and rear walls 20 and 21 respectively whereby whenassembled they will mutually support each other and form a cheap andsubstantial structure easily built up of separate units each a duplicateof the other. The peripheral walls 22 of each bucket joins the frontradial wall and is preferably arranged at substantially right anglesthereto leaving the entrance opening for the water between the rear edgeof the peripheral wall and the front radial wall of the next succeedingbucket. This construction is not only advantageous because of itssimpliclty and strength, but as thebuckets turn down below thehorizontal the body of water held in each bucket moves radially outwardthereby increasing the leverage exerted by the water on the wheel. Eachperipheral wall also forms a chute for directing the water into theforward bucket until the wheel rotates enough to bring its own entranceopening beneath the delivery spou A supply pipe 4 is provided and hastwo similar nozzles 5, adapted to alternately charge the buckets 1 asthe openings 3 come into position-to receive the water flowing from thenozzles 5. As will be easily seen, the alternate charging of the bucketsmakes the water wheel turn, and the power produced can be convenientlyused to operate a pump 6, having a piston 7 secured to a walking beam 8,mounted on an upright 9 and connected by a rod 10 to a crank 11 keyed tothe axle 2. A catch basin 12 is disposed beneath the water wheel andprovided with an outlet pipe 13. As the wheel turns around, the water inthe buckets 1 is spilled therefrom into the catch basin 12, from whichit is drained by the pipe 13.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that an efficient andreliable water wheel is disclosed, and it will be understood thatalthough I have shown a particular construction for the purpose ofdescribing my device, the scope of my invention is defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A water wheel adapted to be operated by gravity,embodying a circular series of separate buckets arranged to mutuallysupport each other, each bucket formed by substantially radial front andrear walls and a peripheral wall at substantially right angles to andjoining the front radial wall and a central axle on which the wheel ismounted.

2. A water wheel adapted to be operated by gravity, embodying twocircular series of buckets, the buckets of one series alternating inradial planes with those of the other series and the buckets of eachseries being formed by radial walls whereby they mutually support eachother in the Wheel, In testimony whereof I have signed my there being aperipheral Wall extending name to this specification in the presence ofrearwardly from the front Wall of each two subscribing Witnesses.

bucket and a peripheral Water entrance be- GIULIANO VERDE. tween therear edge of each peripheral Wall Vitnesses:

and the front Wall of the next succeeding TONY D. GIULAMO,

bucket. NUNzIo GUNOCERJO VENZO.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

